003 The fugitive's target
The Ministry of Magic sent five cars to escort them to King Cross Railway Station, each of which was driven by a wizard wearing a green cloak. They all looked very serious and looked at every corner with alert eyes. Lawrence guessed that they might be members of the Magic Law Enforcement Department or Auror.
After they arrived at the station safely, the Ministry of Magic seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, led by Mr. Weasley, they entered Platform 9 and 3/4 in sequence,
"Hey, Penelo." Percy shouted excitedly as soon as he passed the entrance. He sorted out his hair and adjusted his glasses.
Harry and Ginny both laughed. Behind Percy's invisible rear, the twins were imitating Percy's gesture of grooming. At last year's celebration party, Ginny accidentally said something, causing everyone to know that Percy was talking to Ravenclaw's Penelo. Crivat dating, Percy walked towards Penelo, he raised his chest so that everyone could see his shining badge of the president of the Student Union,
Lawrence had a party of the chief, so he could only take one step first. Before leaving, he saw Mr. Weasley calling Harry aside. Harry also happened to look at him. Lawrence smiled at him, then turned around and walked into the front carriages. When he opened the door of the chief carriage, the train began to start staggeringly. Lawrence had never cared about other colleges. He didn't know most of the people in the carriage, and he didn't even know a few students from his own college. Here, the only familiar Gryffindor is Percy.
In addition, he recognized Percy's girlfriend, the Ravenclaw girl with long brown curly hair - Penelo. Crivat, the president of the female student union, met at the Duel Club last year, Hufflepuff student, the tall and handsome boy Cedric. Digory, he is the sixth grade chief of Hufflepuff. When he saw Lawrence, Digory smiled and waved to Lawrence.
"Have you had a good summer vacation?" Diggory asked,
"It's not bad." Lawrence replied, "I can finally spend a summer vacation easily."
"I saw the newspaper about the scholarship," Digory smiled. "Congratulations, I think it's great to give you this bonus."
"Hmm!" Percy cleared his throat and interrupted the whispers of the seniors present. He simply announced some precautions, including key figures that should be managed well in each grade. Fred and George's names were obviously used as a negative teaching material.
"Of course, everyone knows that the magic world is not so peaceful this year," Percy said in an old fashioned manner. "The Ministry of Magic sent the guards of Azkaban to the school, as far as I know-"
"Is it a dementor?" Lawrence interrupted Percy's speech. When he heard the word "dementor", every senior was a little uneasy.
"Oh, yes," Percy said quickly, "but I think the Ministry can control them-"
"Do you believe this?" Lawrence raised his eyebrows, Percy's face flushed a little.
"I think--" Percy was about to respond when a strong vibration, the train suddenly stopped, and everyone could hear the shouts of other cars, the strong wind hitting the windows, and the sound of raindrops hitting the glass was particularly obvious.
"What's going on-?" Percy asked in confusion, all the lights in the car suddenly went out, and judging from the screams of the other carriages, it was obvious that it was not the only one of them who happened.
"What's there?" Diggory said with some uncertainty. He took out his wand to light up the tip. The deserted white light made Diggory's face look a little pale.
"I think it's the dementors, those Azkaban prisoners." Lawrence just finished speaking, the door of the car was opened, and the wet and cold air rushed into the car, and the strong chill and a strong sense of despair swept across everyone. The voice in Lawrence's ears became louder and louder,
"Oh! Oh my god, demon, demon." A woman's panic sounded,
"Don't do this, Lisa, calm down." A man shouted,
"Forget it every year's birthday-" Lawrence said gritting his teeth, "You actually force me to recall it now?"
Lawrence took out his magic wand, and he forced himself not to listen to the sound echoing in his ears. He thought that Dunbulido came to the orphanage to find him that day, and he could finally leave there. He was allowed to learn magic at a school called Hogwarts. In the Olivand shop, the masterless wand made an excited restlessness. After he obtained the magic war, the thrilling pulse came from his fingers...
"Call the guard--"
A huge silver four-legged creature flew out from the tip of Lawrence's wand. Compared to the previous few times, there seemed to be a pair of raised objects on the strong body of the guardian god. The guardian god was like a silver lightning, knocking the dementor who broke into the car into ashes. Lawrence controlled it to fly along the corridor outside the car. After destroying the dementors in the car, some dementors finally began to escape when they saw that they were not good. A white light burst out from one of the car's rear. The remaining dementors did not dare to stay any longer. They retreated in a mess. The lights in the car started to light up again. The Hogwarts Express slowly began to move forward.
"Do you really think the Ministry of Magic can control it?" Lawrence looked at the pale Percy and asked again. He strode out of the carriage and said, "Do you really believe it?" (Note 1)
Lawrence passed by the carriages, most of the people were shocked and not suffered any substantial harm. A man who looked familiar to Lawrence came to him. He should be young, but his light brown hair was mixed with some gray hair, which made him look a little old. His clothes were filled with nails everywhere. Although his eyes were a little tired, they were still full of strength.
"I think you are Lawrence Rovande?" The wizard looked at Lawrence carefully, "I have seen your photo in the Prophet Daily. Was that your patron saint just now? It's so wonderful-"
"Yes - wait," Lawrence remembered where he had seen this person. His voice almost didn't change like that, "Are you Remus?"
"Sorry," Remus asked in surprise, "How did you know my name?"
"I remember you, Professor Dunbulido's memory calls you," Lawrence added, "It was that night, that night on Halloween, I was the little kid you protected."
"Oh?" Remus widened his eyes and murmured to himself, "Oh my God, I should have thought of it long ago."
"Mr. Remus, I want to ask if I have seen my friends?" Lawrence said. "The red-haired twins, and Harry Potter and the others-"
"I came from the last few cars. Harry and I were in the same carriage at the time of the incident. Some problems happened, but they were fine." Remus replied. "I think I met the twins you mentioned. There was a little girl with light blonde hair in the same carriage. I gave them some chocolate."
"Thank you, sir," said Lawrence.
"This is what I should do," Remus said. "After all, I'm a professor."
"Are you here to be a professor of black magic defense?" Lawrence asked.
"Ah, yes, there is no one to find at the job, so Professor Dunbulido asked me for help. I was hesitant, but I actually didn't have many choices because I needed a job." Remus explained, "Let's talk to the school. I'm going to ask the train conductor how long it will take to get to the school."
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"So you saw him too?" Fred asked, busy sorting out his orders, "the new professor of black magic defense."
"Yes, are you okay?" Lawrence asked.
"We're okay, it's just a little cold, but we don't think she's good." George replied, pointing to Luna who was stuttering on the side,
"It's much worse than Luna, those guys Slytherin," Fred said contemptly, "Decora Malfoy even ran to our carriage to take refuge with a ghost."
"What's wrong?" Lawrence looked at Luna, "Det you remember what happened last year?"
"No," Luna replied calmly. She seemed to have returned to normal. "I remembered my mother. She liked to do experiments very much, but her experiment failed. It was a terrible scene. I was nine years old at that time."
"How are you?" Lawrence asked, staring at her silver-gray eyes.
"I'm fine," Luna replied, surprisingly, she actually smiled lightly, "Sometimes I still feel uncomfortable, but I still have a dad, don't I?"
"You..." Lawrence didn't know how to answer, and an impulse made him raise his hand and gently combed Luna's messy long hair, "You are very strong."
"Thank you." Luna smiled, and she picked up the "Singing the Contradictory" that she placed aside again.
Lawrence looked at the twins and found them winking at him. Obviously, they thought their actions were not like "Lawrence".
"I'm going to see Harry and the others," Lawrence rolled his eyes, "Do you know where Ginny is?"
"Before the train stopped, Ginny went to Harry and the others, Chief." George said eagerly, as he said this, he made a gesture to comb Fred's hair.
"Go quickly, senior, I need your help there." Fred grimaced, and he and George began to comb each other's hair.
"Stop stupid, you two." Lawrence counterattacked. He closed the door of the car and continued to walk towards the rear of the car. He looked out the window. The sky was gray, and the dementor's wide cloak appeared and disappeared in the clouds. Obviously, they did not go far away, but observed the moving train here.
"Oh, Lawrence?" Remus's voice sounded behind Lawrence.
"Professor." Lawrence asked with some concern, "Are they...breeding?"
"No, they dare not yet. They know that this is the bottom line of the Ministry of Magic," Remus looked at the clouds, and he narrowed his eyes. "If they breed near the school, Professor Dunbulido will kill them."
"How could Professor Dunbulido allow such things to come to school?" Lawrence frowned.
"Minister Fudge promises that the dementors will not step on campus." Remus said lightly,
"Do you trust him? Professor," Lawrence asked, "do you believe the Ministry of Magic can control them?"
"Sometimes it's ironic," Remus did not answer, but calmly stated a fact, "The Ministry of Magic would rather trust this creature with evil nature, but discriminate against other intelligent lives." (Note 2)
"I just met a few Slytherins, and Decora Malfoy's face was not that good-looking," said Lawrence. "I think Lucius Malfoy will soon find trouble for the Ministry of Magic."
"It's a great blessing for not having an accident. The train is full of students, which must have made those guys salivate." Remus said, shook his head and changed the topic. "The commander told me that I'll arrive at the station in ten minutes. Do you want to go with me to find Harry and the others?"
"Let's go together, professor." Lawrence replied,
"It's a pity that school is not over yet." Remus smiled a little regretfully, "Otherwise I'll definitely add a few points to you. What a wonderful patron saint."
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Note 1: Percy gives me the feeling that he is always deceiving himself. Of course, in episode 7, he returned to Hogwarts to participate in the final battle.
Note 2: It's ironic, isn't it?
Chapter completed!